hard; tough; hardware; hard disk (drive)
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
between times; when there's a spare moment
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting
trunk (of the body); soma
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
flowering; blooming; blossoming; flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.); blossoming; blooming
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
order from the company president
printed edition (of a book, etc.)
notice; notification; announcement; disclosure; declaration
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
recording (in a book, the minutes, etc.); printing; including; recording (audio or video)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement
understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill)
correspondence education; correspondence course; distance education
black spot; black dot; mark indicating a defeat; loss; failure
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
nonstandard; out of spec; irregular; exceptional; extraordinary; unbelievable
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
what is called; what they call; so-called
slamming one's hand into the wall in front of someone (e.g. to stop them from leaving; often viewed as romantic); banging on the wall (e.g. to quieten one's neighbour)
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
company; friendship; association; (romantic) involvement; dating
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
someone; a certain person